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SENTENCE STRESS

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

Sentence stress is the music of spoken English.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which words in a sentence are usually stressed?

a)

Function words.

b)

Content words.

3.

Which words are less important or carry little meaning but make a sentence grammatically correct?

(a)  

4.

When we speak English, the time between stressed words is...

a)

different

b)

the same

5.

Which are CONTENT WORDS? Choose all the possible answers.

a)

HOUSE

b)

JOHN

c)

SHE

d)

BEAUTIFUL

6.

Which are usually UNSTRESSED words?

a)

in, the, they, but

b)

furniture, play, lovely, quickly

7.

The sentence stress is correct:

There's ALSO a GARAGE and a GARDEN.

a)

Correct.

b)

Incorrect.

8.

Which is the normal neutral STRESS PATTERN?

a)

I go to my GRANDMA'S house EVERYDAY.

b)

I GO to my GRANDMA'S HOUSE EVERYDAY.

c)

I GO to my GRANDMA'S HOUSE everyday.

9.

The PERSONAL PRONOUNS I, HE, SHE, IT, THEY, YOU and WE are examples of ....

a)

FUNCTION WORDS.

b)

CONTENT WORDS.

10.

They are examples of ...

a)

CONTENT WORDS.

b)

FUNCTION WORDS.